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Patricia Krenwinkel

January 21, 2011 by · Comments Off on Patricia Krenwinkel 

Patricia Krenwinkel, (AP) – A panel of parole board refused to consider releasing Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel Thursday, saying the 1969 brutal murders Sharon Tate still “remain valid.”

Krenwinkel, who was jailed more than any other woman in California, said she threw all the good in itself and became a “monster” after he met Manson.

The two commissioners made clear that was the horror of the massacres, the most famous of the 20th century, which led to reject the bid for parole despite efforts Krenwinkel to change his life.

They said that the atrocious murders of seven people had touched the world – reflected in the letters that arrived from around the world asking that it be kept behind bars – and said Krenwinkel not understand that.

“These crimes remain relevant,” said Susan Melanson Parole Commissioner. “The public is in fear.”

Melanson and Deputy Commissioner Steven Hernandez issued their decision after a hearing of four hours or more an hour of deliberations during which Krenwinkel cried, apologized for his acts of murder and said she was ashamed of his actions.

Family members of victims also wept and recalled their suffering after the murders and asked for her to remain behind bars. Melanson said the notoriety of their wickedness and crimes weighed heavily in the decision.

“The commission concludes that it is not suitable for parole and will present an unreasonable risk if released, she said. She said that the seven murders over two nights could be classified as a hate crime because of suggestions killers want to foment a race war.

“It was a depraved act by a group of individuals who are struggling to explain their actions,” she said.

The committee had the opportunity to deny parole for 15 years. Melanson said that they felt useless and was congratulated Krenwinkle to make progress in his life behind bars, participating in programs for self-help and other contributions.

She said she could request a parole hearing earlier if the situation changes.

Krenwinkel said she sought the approval of Manson when she took part in the massacres.

For Melanson said: “The court finds it difficult to believe that a person can participate at this level of crime and can not identify anything, but I wanted him to love me.”

Krenwinkel, one of two survivors Manson’s female disciples, has maintained a record in his own prison of four decades behind bars.

During his hearing, the 63-year-old was soft-spoken and contrite in response to questions from council members, describing the downward spiral of his life after he met Manson.

“Everything was good and decent in me I threw,” she said.

It was her father, she says, which helped achieve during his visits to her in prison, “what happened, and I became a monster.”

She said she told people she counsels in jail, “I am someone you never wanted to be, and here are the steps to never go into dark places, I was “.

Krenwinkel request that she is rehabilitated was met by anger and opposition from Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Patrick Sequeira and families of victims, who were in favor of the continued incarceration of Krenwinkel.

“If it really was remorseful, she would not come to these parole hearings, saying:” I accept the penalty, “said Sequeira.

Debra Tate, Sharon Tate’s sister, then in tears, described the pain his family endured the killings. She denounced Krenwinkel to never having written a letter of apology to the families.

“I believe in the human condition is capable of change,” said Tate. “I believe in the possibility of reform. But I know what I look, and I do not see that here.”

She told the board through the tears, “Whatever decision you make I’ll live with it. But every time I sit in this chair, I think, what happens if they leave? What does society do? ”

Anthony Di Maria, the nephew of Jay Sebring, who was killed along with Tate, said throughout his speech to the council, and told the parole hearing “we refer to hell, year after year.”

“I would have to give forgiveness,” said Di Maria.

Krenwinkel was convicted with Manson and two other women disciples in seven murders in 1969, is among the most famous crimes of the 20th century.

None of those convicted has ever been released on parole and one of them, Susan Atkins, who died in prison last year after being refused compassionate release when she was terminally ill with a cancer.

Leslie Van Houten, 61, the youngest of the convicted women, has long been believed to be the most likely to secure the release possible. But she denied a parole date last summer by officials who said she had not acquired sufficient knowledge in his crimes.

Parole boards have repeatedly cited the harshness, viciousness and calculation of the murders committed by members of the Manson family.

Krenwinkel admitted during his trial that she chased and stabbed heiress Abigail Folger at Tate on August 9, 1969, and participated in the stabbing death Leno and Rosemary LaBianca night. Both houses have been cleared with bloody scrawlings. She was convicted with Manson, Van Houten and Atkins. Another defendant, Charles “Tex” Watson was convicted in a separate trial.

All were sentenced to death but their sentences were commuted to life when the U.S. Supreme Court briefly banned the death penalty in 1972.

In his 40 years at the California Institution for Women, earned a bachelor Krenwinkel and participated in many self-help programs and teaching illiterate prisoners to read. In recent years she has been involved in a program to train service dogs for people with disabilities.

Asked to make his own final cause of the commission, Krenwinkel wept profusely, wiping his eyes with a handkerchief, and said: “I am haunted every day by the endless suffering of the victims, the extent and degree of suffering, I did. ”

His voice rising in the silent room, she almost shouted: “I am so ashamed of my actions. The victims had so much life to live. ”

Cult leader Manson, now 75, refused to appear at his most recent parole hearing where he was refused a release date, and he probably will never be published.

Copyright © 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

A jury in California denied a follower of Charles Manson cult leader parole after serving 40 years in prison for his role in the murders of Sharon Tate.

The parole board said 63-year-old Patricia Krenwinkel would not be eligible for parole again for seven years.

The panel said they were influenced by the crimes committed, including 80 letters that came from around the world urging continued incarceration of Krenwinkel.

Krenwinkel was convicted with Manson and two other disciples women over seven murders in 1969, is among the most famous crimes of the 20th century.

She was imprisoned more than any other woman in California.

Hollywood star Tate and four others were found brutally murdered at his home in Los Angeles.

Tate, wife of Roman Polanski, was eight months pregnant at the time.

Copyright © 2011 The Press Association. All rights reserved.

Leslie Van Houten

July 7, 2010 by · Comments Off on Leslie Van Houten 

Leslie Van HoutenLeslie Van Houten:“Manson Girl” Leslie Van Houten, who became famous as a member of the Family murders Manson, was denied parole
after a three-hour hearing on July 6, 2010 at the California Institute for Women in Chino. For most of the last 40 years, Van Houten has been incarcerated at the institution along with fellow Manson girls Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel, all of whom were part of a group of misfits who congregated around convicted mass murder mastermind Charles Manson.

Manson Girls criminal achieved infamy for his involvement in the Tate-LaBianca murders sensational 9 to 10 August 1969, a wave of mass killings that shook Los Angeles and the world because of its brutality.

Atkins died at the institution in September 2009, after being denied a compassionate release on despite suffering a fatal disease. In his 40 years in prison, Atkins was denied parole 17 times and sometimes compassionate release twice. Patricia Krenwinkle has been denied parole 11 times.

The heinous nature of the Tate-LaBianca murders and celebrity of his former cult guru permanent seems to have convicted Charles Manson Manson girls to a life behind bars. They originally were sentenced to death, but the California Supreme Court overturned the death penalty with the result that all death sentences were vacated in 1972.

The 60-year-old Leslie Van Houten was convicted of murdering his grocery Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in the morning of August 10, 1969, the day after other members of the Manson family brutally murdered star Sharon Tate film, three of his friends and the caretaker of the property rented Benedict Canyon Tate 10050 Cielo Drive.

The wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski, Tate was eight and a half months pregnant at the time she was killed, and Susan Atkins stabbed to death after she had pleaded for the life of her unborn baby. By law, Tate and her unborn child Polanski, Paul Richard Polanski, is not among the victims.

The crime scene and the coroner’s report revealed that an unspeakable orgy of violence had occurred.

Source: Associatedcontent

Samantha Geimer Picture

September 27, 2009 by · Comments Off on Samantha Geimer Picture 

samanthaSamantha Geimer Picture, Filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested on an arrest warrant stemming from a decades-old sex charge, Swiss police said Sunday.
The Academy Award-winning director pleaded guilty in 1977 to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, acknowledging he had sex with a 13-year-old girl, but fled the United States before he could be sentenced. U.S. authorities issued a warrant for his arrest in 1978.

He was taken into custody trying to enter Switzerland on Saturday, Zurich police said.

Polanski, 76, has lived in France for decades to avoid being arrested if he enters the U.S. He declined to collect his Academy Award for Best Director in person when he won it for “The Pianist” in 2003.

He was en route to the Zurich Film Festival, which is holding a tribute to him, when he was arrested by Swiss authorities, the festival said.
Polanski was nominated for best director Oscars for “Tess” and “Chinatown,” and for best writing for “Rosemary’s Baby,” which he also directed.

“Roman Polanski, who is one of the greatest film directors of all time, would have been honored for his life’s work in Zurich today,” the film festival said in a statement.

“It is possible to appeal at the federal penal court of justice against an arrest warrant in view to extradition as well as against an extradition decision,” the spokesman wrote. “Their decisions can be taken further to the federal court of justice.”

Polanski was accused of plying a 13-year-old girl with champagne and a sliver of a quaalude tablet and performing various sex acts, including intercourse, with her during a photo shoot at actor Jack Nicholson’s house. He was 43 at the time.

Nicholson was not at home, but his girlfriend at the time, actress Anjelica Huston, was.

According to a probation report contained in the filing, Huston described the victim as “sullen.”

“She appeared to be one of those kind of little chicks between — could be any age up to 25. She did not look like a 13-year-old scared little thing,” Huston said.

She added that Polanski did not strike her as the type of man who would force himself on a young girl.

“I don’t think he’s a bad man,” she said in the report. “I think he’s an unhappy man.”

Polanski pleaded guilty to a single count of having unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor.

There have been repeated attempts to settle the case over the years, but the sticking point has always been Polanski’s refusal to return to attend hearings.

Prosecutors have consistently argued that it would be a miscarriage of justice to allow a man to go free who “drugged and raped a 13-year-old child.”

Polanski’s lawyers tried earlier this year to have the charges thrown out, but a Los Angeles judge rejected the request.

In doing so, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza left the door open to reconsider his ruling if Polanski shows up in court.

Espinoza also appeared to acknowledge problems with the way Polanski’s case was handled years ago.

According to court documents, Polanski, his lawyer and the prosecutor thought they’d worked out a deal that would spare Polanski from prison and let the young victim avoid a public trial.

But the original judge in the case, who is now dead, first sent the director to maximum-security prison for 42 days while he underwent psychological testing. Then, on the eve of his sentencing, the judge told attorneys he was inclined to send Polanski back to prison for another 48 days.

Polanski fled the United States for France, where he was born.

In the February hearing, Espinoza mentioned a documentary film that depicts backroom deals between prosecutors and a media-obsessed judge who was worried his public image would suffer if he didn’t send Polanski to prison.

“It’s hard to contest some of the behavior in the documentary was misconduct,” said Espinoza.

But he declined to dismiss the case entirely.

Legal experts said such a ruling would have been extremely rare.

Polanski’s victim is among those calling for the case to be tossed out.

Samantha Geimer filed court papers in January saying, “I am no longer a 13-year-old child. I have dealt with the difficulties of being a victim, have surmounted and surpassed them with one exception.

“Every time this case is brought to the attention of the Court, great focus is made of me, my family, my mother and others. That attention is not pleasant to experience and is not worth maintaining over some irrelevant legal nicety, the continuation of the case.”

Geimer, now 45, married and a mother of three, sued Polanski and received an undisclosed settlement. She long ago came forward and made her identity public — mainly, she said, because she was disturbed by how the criminal case had been handled.

Following Espinoza’s ruling earlier this year, Geimer’s lawyer, Larry Silver, said he was disappointed and that Espinoza “did not get to the merits and consider the clear proof of both judicial and prosecutorial corruption.”

He argued in court that had “Mr. Polanski been treated fairly” his client would not still be suffering because of publicity almost 32 years after the crime.

Polanski was arrested two days after one of his wife’s killers died.

The director’s pregnant wife, actress Sharon Tate, and four others were butchered by members of the Manson “family” in August 1969. Polanski was filming in Europe at the time.

By her own admission, Susan Atkins held the eight-months-pregnant Tate down as she pleaded for mercy, stabbing the 26-year-old actress 16 times.

Atkins, 61, died Thursday. She had been suffering from terminal brain cancer.

Source : CNN

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